Suzuki Alstare Extreme Racing
Suzuki Alstare Extreme Racing

Suzuki Alstare Extreme Racing

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Before Criterion Games became synonymous with the high-speed crashes of Burnout, the studio cut its teeth on two wheels. Suzuki Alstare Extreme Racing is Criterion's superbike racer, released first on the Dreamcast in Japan as Redline Racer in April 1999 and brought West by Ubi Soft under the Alstare Suzuki team license, and it is a fascinating early look at a developer that would go on to shape arcade racing in the next console generation.

The structure is pure arcade. Every race starts you at the back of the field with three laps to carve through the pack, and the courses are set in sharply different environments, from a canyon to a tropical island to roads lined with orchards. Time trial races pit you against a field of computer riders, while the championship strings the courses together into one long campaign, and success in time trials unlocks faster bikes and additional courses to take into the championship. Pulling a wheelie gives a short burst of acceleration, which turns every straight into a small risk-and-reward decision, and a split-screen mode lets two friends settle things head to head.

Critics at the time were lukewarm. Famitsu scored the Japanese release 26 out of 40, and Next Generation credited the license and the “fairly decent graphics” while calling the game generic. Taken on its own terms, though, it is a quick, bright, pick-up-and-play bike racer made for short sessions and friendly grudge matches.

For Dreamcast racing collectors, it brings licensed superbike racing to a console library better known for cars, and for anyone curious about Criterion's history, it is a revealing stop on the road to Burnout.

Fast factsgame data via IGDB
Released
1998
Publisher
Criterion Games
Players
Single player, Split screen
About the game

Suzuki Alstare Exteme Racing is a motorcycle racing game with the Suzuki license. It has two playing modes: time trial (single races against four to seven AI racers) and the championship which are 16 successive races on the 16 courses. At first there are only two motorbikes available, but successes in time trial mode unlock better ones to use in the championship. Also restricted is the number of available time trial courses; the rest also has to be unlocked first. The player can perform a wheelie which causes a considerate, temporary acceleration.

Summary from the IGDB community database — the condition and contents of this listing are described above and in the photos.
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